Peter Parkes

Peter Parkes is counsel in the firm’s Business Law department and a member of its Private Equity and Private Investment Funds practice. Peter’s clients include investment managers across a range of strategies, including direct private equity and real estate clients.

Peter advises on fund formation, fund restructuring, structuring investment management platforms and carried interest arrangements. Peter also deals with co-investment platforms and GP-led transactions. He has also advised clients who are looking to invest in fund products and continuation funds across a range of asset classes.

Prior to joining Goodwin, Peter was a legal associate at Patron Capital, a leading private equity real estate firm investing in Europe, where his work involved various real estate funds, co-investment funds and related carried interest arrangements. He also has experience in relation to various joint ventures and co-investment structures relating to commercial and hospitality platforms across Europe.

Prior to joining Goodwin in 2019, Peter was a legal associate at Patron Capital, a leading private equity real estate firm investing in Europe, where his work involved various real estate funds, co-investment funds and related carried interest arrangements. He also has experience in relation to various joint ventures and co-investment structures relating to commercial, construction and hospitality platforms across Europe.

Co-Author, “How Inflation Is Impacting the Size Restrictions of Private Investment Funds,” Private Equity News, June 2023